Astronomy Workshop at Sishu Griha

An astronomy workshop was conducted at Sishu Griha High School, Bengaluru on 15 February 2025. The workshop comprised of slide shows, activities by students followed by a stargazing session through a 10 inch Dobsonian Reflector telescope.
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Main focus of the workshop was to introduce the students to Astronomy, covering basic aspects of understanding the night sky with the help of a sky chart. The session also had an interactive segment where the students were given an opportunity to demonstrate the retrograde motion of planets.
The observation of the night sky started around 6.30pm and the students observed the following objects through the telescope (in the same sequence).
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Venus
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Jupiter and the four Galilean moons
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Mars
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Orion Nebula
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Sirius
Saturn was not visible due to the haze in the western horizon. Other targets like Pleaides Cluster, Beehive Cluster and Andromeda Galaxy could not be observed due to poor sky condition close to the zenith.
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Questions posted by the students and the answers to those can be found here Workshop Questions and Answers
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"The workshop was a perfect blend of lecture & stargazing ! As always wish the sky was clearer & more objects spotted. Besides the children were interactive and asked intelligent questions. Overall the principal, teachers & students witnessed a fabulous demonstration into the world of astronomy! Kudos & looking forward to many more soon !"
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"It was very knowledge enriching, and the activities kept us involved. I liked it a lot because unlike other workshops which consist mostly of information being displayed on screens this workshop had someone teaching us the about the info being displayed and kept small activities to explain certain concepts better as well as the telescope which was the first time i had used such a thing. overall the whole program was really good but the cherry on top was the telescope activity which really was the highlight of the whole program."​
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"The workshop was very nice, and it was a fun filled experience for me. I had a lot of fun watching the stars from a distance and the best of them all was the sight of watching the beautiful four moons of Jupiter aligned with the planet in a single line. Very good and very well done!!"
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"The program was very enriching and enlightening... It sparked curiosity and heled us develop a interest to what lies beyond our skies... the telescope was very fascinating and the the planets also looked beautiful....
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"Very informative, the speaker was willing to elaborate on topics that were not really a part of the subject. He had multiple demonstrations and showed us Jupiter gave us a star map and explained what binary stars were. He also explained planet formation."
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"It was fun to learn about nature in which we live and the ideas you people share to us"
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"It was a nice and informative workshop and hope we have more."
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"The workshop was very interesting, and I learnt a lot about Astronomy. This workshop has made me develop a new hobby. Now I keep looking up to see all the stars we saw. Enjoyed a lot Thank you"
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​"We saw Venus, Mars, Jupiter and many more...we learnt an introduction to astronomy-just the basics and also why we use astronomy. Overall the experience was wonderful! Getting to look the night sky from a 10 inch telescope was awesome."
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"I really loved the session , gazing at the sky , looking through telescope for a clear view of star and planets ,it was just a unforgettable memory with friends and teacher . The most memorable part is the when our instructor said that gazing at the sky makes you a better person which I agree through my soul."
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"I loved the workshop and we all could learn more things about space and astronomy. We could see planets and it was unforgettable workshop. Thank you for the school for giving this opportunity."
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"I loved that workshop and we could learn more things on it I feel we need the workshop again"
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"It was great getting stared with astronomy and it was a small introduction letting out some of the answers for the endless questions of the galaxy. It was very knowledgeable and a thought me a lot of things. It made me interested in it made me think of taking astronomy as a hobby"
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"I had a brilliant time in the Astronomy workshop. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and loved the view through the F10 telescope, the magnitude of the telescope was good enough for us to see the stripes of Jupiter, even Sirius B and the Orion Nebula."
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"I got to gain a lot of knowledge about the night sky, constellations, and about our galaxy but most of all, I loved looking through the telescope and seeing the nebula, and planets."
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"I greatly enjoyed the workshop as it combined theoretical knowledge with practical application. I learnt a lot and will never forget my experience of looking into a telescope."
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"It was an amazing experience that I will never forget"
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"It was an informative session. Mr. Suresh made it very engaging and fun too."
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"The workshop was very interesting and I got to learn a lot of new things"
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"It was a great experience looking at stars and the planets. We had a marvelous time looking at the night sky and learning a lot about how the body of an individual is related to space."
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